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Bows / Re: New Osage Bow
« Last post by wooddamon1 on May 12, 2025, 02:27:04 pm »Thank you, gentlemen. Appreciate it. Here's a shot at FD taken before finish was applied. Had to screenshot it off my old phone.
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Around the Campfire / Re: Life on the Farm
« Last post by Pat B on May 12, 2025, 01:50:40 pm »Ditto what Pappy said. 
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Around the Campfire / Re: Possible bow raffle to support this site
« Last post by Pat B on May 12, 2025, 01:48:36 pm »I'm with Bob and Pappy. Already have too many bows, at least that's what my wife says. 
I am open to other options though.
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Bows / Re: Elm limb?
« Last post by Pat B on May 12, 2025, 01:38:23 pm »I've only made a few elm bows but they were wide/thin rather than narrow/thick. I do believe that elm was one of the woods used in ELB and English war bows.
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Bows / Re: New Osage Bow
« Last post by Pat B on May 12, 2025, 01:34:57 pm »Nice bow. Looking forward to the full draw pic.
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Arrows / Re: Mulberry for arrowshafts?
« Last post by GlisGlis on May 12, 2025, 11:30:56 am »Never done arrows with mulberry
this time of year it should be easy to debark but may induce too much check
All mulberry here are heavily attacked by Takahashia japonica
this time of year it should be easy to debark but may induce too much check
All mulberry here are heavily attacked by Takahashia japonica
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Around the Campfire / Re: Stave bug deterrent
« Last post by Eric Krewson on May 12, 2025, 09:39:17 am »I found the same thing Pappy; I also learned the hard way not to cut more than one tree at a time. I once I cut 3 or 4 large trees at one time and lost some osage because I just couldn't process that much wood by myself, my hands swelled up like sausages after a month of splitting, debarking and removing sapwood from the staves so I had to stop before I got it all processed. The bugs went to work, leaving the remaining green staves out in the sun caused them to warp and twist until they looked like a pile of snakes. I gave the twisted wood away to some guys who made accruements for B/P guys who dressed the part with powder horns, period correct knives and tomahawks.
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Around the Campfire / Re: Stave bug deterrent
« Last post by Eric Krewson on May 12, 2025, 09:27:27 am »I got carried away with the depth of the sand in the trap, I didn't know that a foot thickness of sand would stop most bullets, two feet will stop a .50 BMG, I have close to 3'. My trap took a yard and a half of sand to fill which was a lot of shoveling from the trailer to the bucket of my front-end loader. If I made another one it would only be 2' thick.
You can see the horse stall mat I put on the front under the boards, it has screws holding it to the posts, these mats are self-healing so I can remove and replace the front boards if they get shot up without the sand falling out. In the picture I put a couple of old boards across the front to hold the mat in while I put the new boards on the front because alone it bulged WAY out once I put the sand in. I put an old board across the front and hit it with a sledge hammer to remove the bulge as I tightened the screws. If I had known the mat would bulge like it did, I would have had all of the boards in place before I filled the trap with sand.
You can see the horse stall mat I put on the front under the boards, it has screws holding it to the posts, these mats are self-healing so I can remove and replace the front boards if they get shot up without the sand falling out. In the picture I put a couple of old boards across the front to hold the mat in while I put the new boards on the front because alone it bulged WAY out once I put the sand in. I put an old board across the front and hit it with a sledge hammer to remove the bulge as I tightened the screws. If I had known the mat would bulge like it did, I would have had all of the boards in place before I filled the trap with sand.
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Around the Campfire / Re: Alone again.
« Last post by Pappy on May 12, 2025, 09:25:08 am »Looking forward to it as always. 
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Around the Campfire / Re: Stave bug deterrent
« Last post by Pappy on May 12, 2025, 09:24:09 am »I have tried different ways and sprays/dust, some work some don't, the only sure way is debark and get sap wood of and seal, lot of work if you have a lot but much better than dealing with bugs later and loosing a lot of good staves. JMO 
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